Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

29 reviews

jackieyvette's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This book started out good, the story building was well done and the main character got fleshed out very quickly, but then it kind of fizzled out pretty quickly in the last 1/3 of the book. I feel like the ending was an easy out seeing as they built almost every character as shady boots, but there was very obviously one who was THEE worst. 

Brandon was a bad guy from the very beginning when we found out he was 27 hooking up/impregnated a high school girl. So, all you reviewers saying "I knew he gave a weird vibe/there was something strange about him from the beginning", uh yeah I sure hope you did seeing as the book opens with him being a PEDOPHILE!

It's also pretty obvious that the stepdad, Tom, needs to be fired immediately for not doing his job correctly AT ALL THE ENTIRE BOOK! He also gave volcano vibes, like he was one bad thing away from totally exploding. And he's a cop. Enough said. 

And lastly, slay Ginny.

Crying score: Heavy topics so yeah. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Car accident, Drug use, Murder, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Pedophilia, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship

tgamese's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, Rape, and Domestic abuse

emwhite95's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Suicide, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Gore

ebony1ouise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Blood, Addiction, Mental illness, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child death, Abortion, Body horror, Death, Grief, Child abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

savreads28's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Medical content, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Pedophilia

racheldallaire's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Overall, I liked it. I was interested to see how it would end. I was pretty sure I knew who did it before the "reveal", but it wasn't overly obvious. I didn't figure out how everything fit together, however, and that kept me reading and wondering until the end. I loved the character development of Monica and her relationship building with Ginny.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Abortion, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Cursing

nomron's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I didn't really like this book.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Abortion, Vomit, Drug use, Drug abuse, Car accident, Blood, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cursing, Child abuse, and Gore

samantha7815's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, and Car accident

paige_g's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

WHAT JUST HAPPENED

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Violence, Drug use, Abortion, and Pedophilia

very good

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

A little slow at the beginning but once things started happening, it picked up. I wish the whodunnit reveal had a little more oomph but it wasn't the worst. And I wish we knew if the person would actually get charged with the all the things they needed to be charged with. I did enjoy the very last bit with Ginny, I wasn't expecting it. And I liked how Ethan's character turned out. 

I wish we found out about what would happen with Tom and Mike knowing that Tom killed an innocent man. And like besides emotion clouding judgement, why he was so quick to kill an innocent man

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion